Museums and historic places. Next we travel about 15 miles northwest of washington, d. C. To Great Falls Tavern Visitors Center where we will take a boat ride to learn more about the of the the history of the chesapeake and the ohio canal. [foghorn] i would like to introduce myself. My name is cassondra, and i seasonal park ranger here at the am a chesapeake and ohio canal. I think we are going to cast off shortly. We are going to go ahead and start and give you a brief history of here on the canal. All right, it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, but doesnt reach the Chesapeake Bay or go up to the ohio river, and when we first started building the canal in 1828, we wanted to try to connect the Eastern Shore with what was considered the west back then. The west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. We wanted to connect pittsburgh to the Chesapeake Bay. So what we did was, we started building this canal. We tried earlier, it was George Washingtons dream to use the Potomac River
Going to be looking at the lewis and Clark Expedition and discussing some of the ramifications of this most important expedition. Some people have classified the lewis and Clark Expedition and compared it to the odyssey of the greek tragedies, just like the civil war is sometimes seen as americas iliad, of that great epic battle. This great voyage will be quite significant and important. A few years ago, the Atlantic Monthly did a survey of the top 100 most influential figures in American History and lewis and clark make the list at 70. What i find interesting is they are the only names on the entire list where they are listed together. So, it is almost like they are inseparable. And the smithsonian did one just five years ago on the 100 most significant americans, and Meriwether Lewis and William Clark once again made the list, and sacagawea also made the made it. This young teenage shoshone woman was considered one of the 100 most significant americans. So, there is an impression acr
Plus, brawl on board after a passenger refuses to wear a mask on this flight. A campaign for civility. How two political rivals, one republican, the other a democrat are actually coming together before election day. And snowed in already. The snowstorm setting records and what to expect today. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. Im andrew dymburt. Kenneth is off. We begin with the race for the white house one day before the final crucial debate. President trump is on the attack calling on the attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the bidens. The president also taking aim at 60 minutes anchor lesley stahl after cutting their interview short. All of this coming as the pandemic rages across the country. More than 20,000 people have died in the last month. New york is now urging residents to avoid nonessential travel to neighboring states. Meanwhile, the white house says these 31 states are now in the socalled red zone due to their infection rate
Plus, brawl on board after a passenger refuses to wear a mask on this flight. A campaign for civility. How two political rivals, one republican, the other a democrat are actually coming together before election day. And snowed in already. The snowstorm setting records and what to expect today. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. Im andrew dymburt. Kenneth is off. We begin with the race for the white house one day before the final crucial debate. President trump is on the attack calling on the attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the bidens. The president also taking aim at 60 minutes anchor lesley stahl after cutting their interview short. All of this coming as the pandemic rages across the country. More than 20,000 people have died in the last month. New york is now urging residents to avoid nonessential travel to neighboring states. Meanwhile, the white house says these 31 states are now in the socalled red zone due to their infection rate
Student Senate Republicans are proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices. As some are calling for democrats too expand the court if judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed and Democrats Gain control of the senate in the upcoming election. Senator marco rubio sent joint Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham and others at a News Conference to talk about the proposed amendment. Scenic. [background noises] student can you hear me with the song . Snack absolutely. Thank you guys are being here today. Iron a half ago, before all this debate was going on about the Supreme Court and the nominatio nomination, we predicted that it was the agenda for the democratic ready to support. Youre in a half ago. But i chuckle when i hear them said they move over the barrett we are going to pack the court. They were going to do that anyway. They were going to do that anyway thats why this amendment was filed the year end a half ago. Our instant attention too solidify wit